1941 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

The 1941 North Carolina Tar Heels football team was an American football team that represented the University of North Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Raymond Wolf, the Tar Heels compiled a 3–7 record (2–4 against conference opponents), finished 11th in the Southern Conference, and were outscored by a total of 172 to 130.^[1]

1941 North Carolina Tar Heels football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	3–7 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Raymond Wolf (6th season)
Captains	Harry Dunkle Carl Suntheimer
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Duke +	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
South Carolina +	4	–	0	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Clemson	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
William & Mary	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
VMI	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
VPI	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Wake Forest	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
NC State	3	–	4	–	2			4	–	5	–	2
Furman	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	4	–	2
Washington and Lee	1	–	2	–	2			1	–	6	–	2
North Carolina	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Davidson	1	–	5	–	2			1	–	6	–	3
The Citadel	0	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
George Washington	0	–	4	–	1			1	–	7	–	1
Richmond	0	–	6	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Three North Carolina players were selected by the United Press (UP) or the Associated Press (AP) for the 1941 All-Southern Conference football team: tackle Dick Steck (AP-2, UP-2); center Carl Suntheimer (AP-3); and back Harry Dunkle (AP-3).^[2][3]

North Carolina was ranked at No. 100 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.^[4]

The team played its home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Coach Wolf left the school in March 1942 to join the United States Navy.^[5][6]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	3:30 p.m.[7]	Lenoir–Rhyne*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 42–6	25,000	[8]
September 27	3:30 p.m.[7]	South Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 7–13	11,000	[9]
October 4	8:30 p.m.[10]	at Davidson	Richardson Stadium Davidson, NC	W 20–0		[11]
October 11	2:30 p.m.[12]	Fordham*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 14–27	27,000	[13]
October 18	3:00 p.m.[14]	at No. 17 Tulane*	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 6–52	33,000	[15]
October 25	2:00 p.m.[16]	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC (rivalry)	L 0–13	14,000	[17]
November 1	2:00 p.m.[18]	NC State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 7–13	17,000[19]	[20]
November 8	8:00 p.m.[21]	at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA	W 27–0	2,500[22]	[23]
November 15	2:00 p.m.[24]	at No. 3 Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (rivalry)	L 0–20	45,000[25]	[26]
November 20	2:00 p.m.[27]	Virginia*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	L 7–28	22,000[28]	[29]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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